Paint pail holder



y 9, 1956 R. A. LACHENMAYER 2,747,

PAINT PAIL. HOLDER Filed June 28, 1952 INVENTUR 90mm) /4. Lac/zenmayer tATTORNEY Ufllttid States tr PAINT PAIL HOLDER Roman A. Lachenmayer, St.Paul, Minn.

Application June 28, 1952, Serial No. 296,139

2 Claims. (Cl. 248-210) recognized that difficulty exists in paintingwhile standing upon a ladder due to the fact that the paint pail, whensuspended from a ladder, is not readily accessible. The previous deviceshave been usually cumbersome and complicated and also costly to produce.As a result not many paint pail supports are on the market at thepresent time in spite of the numerous devices which have been patented.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a device forsupporting a paint pail to one side of a ladder where it is readilyaccessible for use. By supporting the paint in this manner much time andeffort is saved, resulting in decreased cost, as well as increasedconvenience.

A feature of the present invention resides in the fact that the paintpail support is designed for attachment to either side of the ladderdepending upon the position best suited to the painter and to the workbeing done. The device is reversible so that the paint pail may bequickly moved from one side of the ladder to the other when desired.

A feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a paintpail support which is extremely simple in form and which may be producedat low cost. The device comprises two main parts which are normallysecured together by a separable connection such as a pivot bolt. Bothparts of the structure are preferably formed of wire or bar typematerial which is bent to the desired form. One type of the structurecomprises a receptacle for supporting the pail while the other partcomprises a device designed for attachment to the ladder.

A feature of the present invention lies in the provision of a paint pailholder which is attached to a ladder engaging bracket and which includesa supporting portion extending downwardly from the ladder bracket toengage the side wall of the ladder. As a result the paint pail supportis pressed against the side of the ladder, thus holding the support inproper relation to the ladder.

A further feature of the present invention lies in the provision of aladder engaging bracket which includes a central pivot engaging portiondesigned to overlie the outer surface of a ladder rail. This pivotsupport is connected by two spaced transverse members which are designedto extend over the forward surface of the ladder rail. Diverging hooksare connected to the ends of the transverse portions, each hook beingdesigned to extend along the inner surface of the ladder rail with theuppermost hook engaging over a ladder rung. While one hook engages therung the other hook holds the bracket in fixed relation to the ladder.

A further feature of the present invention resides in the provision of apail encircling ring which is supported above the base of the paint pailsupporting portion of the 2,747,825 Patented May 29, 1956 structure. Thering is of sufiicient diameter to encircle the largest paint pailnormally used on such occasions and holds the paint pail from tiltingwhile supported upon the base portion of the holder.

These and other objects and novel features of the present invention willbe more clearly and fully set forth in the following specification andclaims.

In the drawings forming a part of my specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the paint pail holder in position on aladder.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the paint pail holder inreadiness for use.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the holder.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the pail holding portion of theapparatus.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the ladder attachment bracket, thebracket being tilted to better disclose the construction thereof.

The paint pail holder is designated in general by the letter A and isdesigned for attachment with a ladder such as B. The ladder of the typenormally employed uses a pair of generally parallel side rails 10 whichare connected by longitudinally spaced rungs 11. The rails 19 may varysomewhat in size and shape, but are normally of substantially standardsize. The holder A includes a pivot supporting eye 12, one end of whichis bent downwardly as indicated at 13 and off-set at its lower end asindicated at 14. The holder is normally formed of two lengths of wirerod or similar material which may be of any desired cross section. Theoff-set lower end 14 of the downwardly extending portion 13 is connectedto a horizontally extending supporting portion 15 designed to extendbeneath the paint pail to support the same. An upwardly directed portion16 is connected to the horizontally extending portion 15 at a pointspaced from the eye 12 a distance sufficient to accommodate a paint pailC therebetween. The upper extremity of the upwardly extending portion 16is bent into ring shaped form to form a can encircling ring 17.

In order to form a more secure support for the paint pail a ring shapedmember 19 may be spot welded to the horizontally extending portion 15 inaxial alignment with the ring 17. The ring 19 is normally of smallerdiameter than the ring 17 so that a smaller can of paint, or the taperedlower end of a paint pot may be readily supported thereupon.

The ladder engaging bracket portion of the device is indicated ingeneral by the numeral 20. This bracket portion includes a central loop21 which is of proper size to accommodate a pivot bolt, the ends 22 and23 of the loop 21 being bent into alignment to provide oppositelydirected portions 24 and 25. These aligned portions 24 and 25 are bentat substantially right angles to provide ladder rail spanning portions26 and 27 which are designed to extend over the forward edge surface 29of the ladder rails 10. The ends of the ladder spanning portions areprovided with diverging shanks 3t) and 31 which terminate in inwardlydirected hook ends 32 and 33. The hook ends face one another so thatwhen one hook end is hooked over a ladder rung, the extremity of thehook is directed downwardly while the other hook is directed upwardly inspaced relation.

As indicated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, the bracket 20 isdesigned to fit about the rail 10 of a ladder B. The transverselyextending portions 26 and 27 extend over the forward face 19 of therail, while the eye or loop 21 extends on the outside of the rail, whilethe hook extremities 32 and 33 lie against the inner surface of the rail10. Thus the bracket fixes the position of the pail support when hookedupon a ladder rung.

A pivot bolt 34 extends through the loop 21 and through the eye 12 topivotally connect the two main parts of the pail holder. A wing nut 35or other suitable tightening means is provided upon the bolt 34 so thatthe two parts may be clamped in proper angular relation. The bracket isdesigned to pivot relative to the pail holder so as to compensate forvarying angles at which the ladder may be inclined and also to permitthe ladder engaging bracket to be pivoted into a reverse direction whenthe bracket is attached to the opposite rail 10 from the one illustratedin the drawings.

When the ladder is in place, the offset 14 beneath the pivot pointengages against the outer surface of the ladder rail and provides abrace for the horizontally extending portion 15. This greatlystrengthens the support and permits the support to be made of lighterweight material than would otherwise be necessary.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principlesof construction and operation of my paint pail holder and while I haveendeavored to set forth the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that obvious changes may be made within the scope of thefollowing claims.

I claim:

1. A paint pail holder including two main portions formed of metal rodmaterial, one of said portions comprising a ladder engaging bracketportion and the other a paint container holding portion, said ladderengaging bracket portion comprising a single strip of metal rod materialhaving a central loop section to accommodate a pivot bolt, an integralpair of aligned oppositely directed rod end portions bent in rightangles to provide a pair of spaced ladder rail supports and inwardlydirected ladder rung hook ends facing one another in spaced relationshipto said pair of spaced ladderv rail supports, said paint pail holdingportion comprising a metal rod having a supporting eye section toaccommodate a pivot bolt, an integral rod section extending downwardlyfrom said eye section in offset relationship thereto to engage against aladder rail, an integral pail supporting rod section extendinghorizontally from said downwardly extending section, an integralupwardly directed section connected to the horizontally extended sectionand having a can encircling ring at the end thereof on a plane parallelto the axis of the said horizontally extending supporting rod section,and pivot bolt means connecting the ladder engaging bracket portion tothe paint pail holding portion at said hook and eye sections.

2. The structure of claim 1, wherein said ring is an integral portion ofsaid upwardly directed section and the meeting ends of the bend formingthe ring are in unjoined and open relationship and said paint pailholding portion includes an auxiliary paint container supporting means.

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